qpsmtpd/README.plugins

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=head1 qpsmtpd plugin system; developer documentation

See the examples in plugins/ and ask questions on the qpsmtpd
mailinglist; subscribe by sending mail to qpsmtpd-subscribe@perl.org.

=head1 General return codes

Each plugin must return an allowed constant for the hook and (usually)
optionally a "message".

Generally all plugins for a hook are processed until one returns
something other than "DECLINED".

Plugins are run in the order they are listed in the "plugins"
configuration.

=over 4

=item OK

Action allowed

=item DENY

Action denied

=item DENYSOFT

Action denied; return a temporary rejection code (say 450 instead of 550).

=item DECLINED

Plugin declined work; proceed as usual.  This return code is _always_
_allowed_ unless noted otherwise.

=item DONE

Finishing processing of the request.  Usually used when the plugin
sent the response to the client.

=back

See more detailed description for each hook below.

=head1 Hooks

=head2 mail

Called right after the envelope sender address is passed.  The plugin
gets passed a Mail::Address object.  Default is to allow the
recipient.

Allowed return codes

  OK       - sender allowed
  DENY     - Return a hard failure code
  DENYSOFT - Return a soft failure code
  DONE     - skip further processing


=head2 rcpt

Hook for the "rcpt" command.  Defaults to deny the mail with a soft
error code.

Allowed return codes

  OK       - recipient allowed
  DENY     - Return a hard failure code
  DENYSOFT - Return a soft failure code
  DONE     - skip further processing

=head2 data_post

Hook after receiving all data; just before the message is queued.

  DENY     - Return a hard failure code
  DENYSOFT - Return a soft failure code
  DONE     - skip further processing (message will not be queued)

All other codes and the message will be queued normally


=head2 connect

Allowed return codes:

  OK       - Stop processing plugins, give the default response
  DECLINED - Process the next plugin
  DONE     - Stop processing plugins and don't give the default response

=head2 quit

Called on the "quit" command.

Allowed return codes:

  DONE 

Works like the "connect" hook.


=head2 disconnect

Called just before we shutdown a connection.

The return code is ignored.  If a plugin returns anything but DECLINED
the following plugins will not be run (like with all other hooks).